Antecedentes

 UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security. 

The UN Women Independent Evaluation Service (IES) of the Independent Evaluation and Audit Service (IEAS) evaluates the work of UN Women to enhance organizational accountability, provide evidence-based information for decision-making, and contribute to learning on gender equality and the empowerment of women. IES posts Regional Evaluation Specialists in the Regional Offices of UN Women with a key task to lead independent country portfolio evaluations and regional evaluations and to support country office personnel with the management of decentralized evaluations. During 2023, the Regional Evaluation Specialist for the Arab States region will be leading programme Evaluations and regional thematic evaluations and supporting quality assurance of other decentralized evaluations.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The Evaluation Consultant is expected to support the Regional Evaluation Specialist in the conduct and management of evaluations. The work of the consultant will be home-based and will need to connect with the team during the Arab States' working days and hours via online platforms.  Under the overall oversight of the Regional Evaluation Specialist, the consultant will contribute to the following:

Planning stage:

• Collecting, organizing, and reviewing all relevant documents (i.e. Strategic notes, project documents, donor and/or other monitoring reports, evaluation and audit reports, etc.);
• The portfolio analysis aims to provide an overview of the different efforts under the Country Office/Regional Office area by systematically organizing and analysing the type of initiatives/projects, budgets, and stakeholders involved;
• Lead any necessary scoping interview guide and staff survey design and support interviews and consultations by taking detailed notes;
• Support drafting Terms of Reference for evaluations including for the Evaluation Management and Reference Groups.

Inception phase:

• Evaluability assessment;
• Human rights-based stakeholder analysis and visualization;
• Reconstruction of the theory of change and visualization;
• Development of evaluation matrix;
• Support the development of Evaluation data collection tools (interview and focus group guides, etc.);
• Drafting and presentation of inception report PowerPoint presentation;
• Drafting inception report, including creating data visualizations, tables, and graphs, and annexes;
• Editing of final inception report including annexes, ensuring all feedback from the Evaluation Reference Groups and peer reviewers is integrated and tracked for transparency.

Data collection:

• Support interviews and consultations by taking detailed notes;
• iLead analyses and support others for in-depth analysis of project or sub-theme selected during the inception phase including systematic document review and triangulation and potentially drafting case study reports;
• Conduct results mapping and analyze according to the Gender@work framework (systematize information reported on results; Excel format and visualization);
• Undertake qualitative (using software such as NVivo) and quantitative data analysis (including survey analysis) and produce summary reports;
• Create data tables and graphs as necessary.

Reporting phase:

• Support drafting and presentation of the Preliminary Findings PowerPoint;
• Support the drafting of the synthesis evaluation report (provide substantive input to findings, conclusions, and recommendations) and annexes;
• Support editing of the final report including preparing annexes, and ensuring all feedback from the Evaluation Reference Groups and peer reviewers have been integrated and tracked for transparency.

Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Deliverables:

 include the following for the below list of evaluations: Contributions to the Terms of Reference, inception report, presentations and final synthesis reports and annexes for evaluations that reflect high quality in line with the GERAAS criteria established by UN Women.

Competencias

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
•  Inclusive Collaboration;
•  Stakeholder Engagement;
•  Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent analytical skills;
•  Excellent organisation skills;
•  Strong networking skills;
•  Strong interpersonal skills, communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization;
• Ability to work on multiple evaluations at the same time.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Gender Equality, Evaluation, international affairs, or other related field;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

•  At least 2 years of work experience in evaluation or research;
• One year of experience in conducting qualitative analysis using qualitative data analysis tools such as NVIVO is required;
• One year of experience in conducting quantitative analysis using survey tools and presenting the data in user-friendly formats (graphs and figures) is required.

Language requirement:

• Fluency in English is required.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc. Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)